Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen
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The relatively high global NPP results obtained are consistent with present-day cryptogamic covers providing ∼7% of global NPP, despite making up only 1% of terrestrial vegetation by mass and being restricted to relatively resource-poor habitats, while also operating in an atmosphere with a low CO2/O2 ratio.
“The relatively high global NPP results obtained are consistent with present-day cryptogamic covers providing ∼ 7% of global NPP, despite making up only 1% of terrestrial vegetation by mass (90) and being restricted to relatively resource-poor habitats, while also operating in an atmosphere with a low CO2/O2 ratio.”
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- Authors
- Elbert, W., Weber, B., Burrows, S., Steinkamp, J., Büdel, B., Andreae, M. O., & Pöschl, U.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (DE)
- University of Kaiserslautern (DE)
- Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Weber, Bettina
- Pöschl, Ulrich
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2012-06-03
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 459-462
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- OpenAlex
- W1965469264
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- 957
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- FWCI
- 39.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Lichen and fungal ecology
- Keywords
- nitrogen fixation, carbon sequestration, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycling, cyanobacteria, lichens, bryophytes, algae, fungi, net primary productivity, terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical fluxes
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